Pennies for Patients: Slide Show

Covert High School student and JAG President Luisa Aburo counting her pennies.

The $433 million, 39,3000-member Honor Credit Union offered up the use of its Berrien Springs, Mich., branch and chipped in some itself as a group of area high school students raised $2,000 by bringing in more than 180,000 pennies for a Pennies for Patients fundraiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

“Honor is proud to support the collaborative effort of these students by counting their pennies and even donating a few of our own,” said Kellie Eldridge, manager of the Berrien Springs branch for the St. Joseph, Mich.-based credit union.

From left, Emily Morris of Coloma High, Honor CEO Scott McFarland, Luisa Aburo of Covert High and Michigan Works Community Relations Director Megan McCausland pitch in to get the pennies ready to go through the coin counting machine.